Cutter.



E. W. JONES.

CUTTER.

APYLIOATION II LED MAR. 29, 1909.

927,247. Patented July 6, 1909.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELLIOTT W. JONES, OF OPELIKA, ALABAMA.

CUTTER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELLIOTT WV. Jones, a citizen of the United. States,residing at Opelika, in the county of Lee and State of Alabama, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Cutters; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in cutters and the object of myinvention is to produce a simple cutting apparatus by means of whichmeat, bread, and similar articles may be cut in slices of definite andvarying thicknesses.

lVith this object in view, my invention consists in the construction andcombinations of parts as hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings-Figure l is a perspective view of myimproved cutter. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same,

the operating lever being shown in section.

Fig. 3 is a partial top plan view partly in section, showing the feedingmeans, and Figs. at and illustrate modified forms of the operatinglever.

a represents a suitable base made of any desired material such as wood,and provided with a slot Z). The edges of the slot are preferablyprotected by strips of metal 0, screwed down into the base. Near one endof the slot Z) a bracket d is fastened to the base, which bracketextends upwardly and is provided with a pivot pin a on which the cuttingknife f, having an operating handle g, is mounted. The upper surface ofthe base or table is substantially flat.

7:, represents a sliding abutment, between which and the knife f thearticle to be out is confined. At the rear end this abutment is providedwith a downwardly bent metal piece 2', terminating at its lower end in afork which engages a bent guide 9', preferably niade of wire. This guidehas one end fastened to one side of the base and the other end fastenedto another side of the base, being bent over as shown in Fig. 2 andterminating in a loop. On the other side of the base and parallel to itsupper edge, 1s a guide is for the feeding rack. This guide extends outbeyond the base, as shown at m, and is then bent in the form of a rightangle and attached to one side of the base, as

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 29, 1909.

Patented July 6, 1909.

Serial No. 486,519.

shown at a. The other end of this guide is supported by means of a bentbracket 0, fastened to the base and to the guide it. It is bentoutwardly as shown at p to permit the passage of one part of the feedingrack.

9 represents the feeding rack, which is made of a U shaped bar of metalhaving ratchet teeth r and s facing in opposite directions, these teethbeing located on the edges of said rack. This rack is adapted to slidewithin the guide 70, the teeth projecting forwardly from the base beyondthe guide, and the side carrying the teeth 9 being adapted to slideinside the curved portion p of the bracket 0. This feed rack isattached. to the abutment /L by means of an angle bar t, secured in anysuitable manner to the abutment l1, and screwed to or made integralwitlrthe rack 51.

it represents the operating lever for n1oving the rack, which ispreferably provided with a handle or projection e. The lower part ofthis lever is provided with two prongs or teeth to and 0;, extendingtherefrom in opposite directions. The lower end of the lover a isperforated and engages a pin 2 on a bent arm 2, loosely pivoted on a pin1 on the base. The lever revolves freely on this pin 2. As shown in Fig.&, this pin 2 is preferably provided with a cut away portion 3, and ascrew .t is passed through the lever and into this cut away portion, sothat the lever a may revolve freely upon the pin 2, but is preventedfrom being disengaged from it.

In the form shown in Fig. 5, a spring 5 is attached to the guide is andto the lower part of the lever a, which spring normally keeps theprojection to in contact with the teeth 8. 6 represents a Ushapedbracket attached to the base, which limits the movement of the lever a.

The operation is as follows: The parts being in the position shown inFig. 1, the knife f is lifted and the material to be cut is placedagainst the abutment 72,. Then by causing the lever a to engage theteeth 7, the abutment 7:. may be moved, by the movement of said lever,toward the knife f until a small portion of the material projects to theleft of the knife f. This portion is then cut off, the knife raised, andthe abutment again fed forward the desired distance, this distance beingregulated by the engagement of the projection to with the teeth 9". Thisoperation is repeated, the material being cut off in successive slicesuntil the abutment 12,

has been moved close up to the knife, whereupon the lever 14 is turnedso that the projection 'w engages with the teeth 8, and the rack barmoved back into its original position, namely, until one end of the rackbar engages the loop m of the guide 70.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. In a cutter, the combination of a slotted base, a pivoted knife, amovable abutment, a toothed rack bar for feeding said abutment in eitherdirection, having rows of teeth projecting in opposite directions,guides for said bar, and an operating lever having projections adaptedto be engaged with the teeth on the feed rack, substantially asdescribed.

2. In a cutter, means for feeding the material to be cut, consisting ofa suitable support, an abutment against which said material is placed, afeed rack having two rows of teeth projecting in opposite directions, aguide for said feed rack, and a pivotally mounted operating leveradapted to be engaged with either of the sets of teeth on the feed rack,substantially as described.

3. In a cutter, means for feeding the material to be cut, consisting ofa movable abutment, a feed rack secured to said abutment, made U-shapedand provided with two sets of teeth extending in opposite directions,respectively, a support, a guide secured to said support and locatedbetween the tooth carrying sides of said rack, and a vibratory rotatablelever having projections adapted to be engaged with either of the setsof teeth on the feed rack, substantially as described.

l. In a cutter, the combination of a suitable base, an abutment slidablymounted on said base, guides for said abutment located on two sides ofsaid base, a feed rack secured to one end of said abutment, said feedrack being made U-shaped and having thereon two sets of teeth projectingin opposite directions, respectively, said guides extending outwardlyfrom said base and terminating in loops, limiting the movement of saidabut ment in one direction, and a pivotally mounted, rotatable leverprovided with pr'ojections adapted to be engaged with either of saidsets of teeth, as desired, substantially as described.

5. In a cutter, the combination of a slotted base, a knife pivotallymounted on saidbase and adapted to be moved through the slot therein, amovable abutment against which the material to be cut rests, guides forsaid abutment secured to two of the parallel sides of said base, saidguides extending beyond one side of said base and terminating in loops,a fork attached to said abutment and engaging one of said guides, a feedrack attached to one end of said abutment and engaging the other of saidguides, said feed rack being U-shaped in cross section and beingprovided with two sets of teeth proj eeting in opposite directions, anda rotatable lever pivotally mounted on said base and provided withprojections adapted to be e11- gaged with either of said sets of teeth,sub stantially as described.

(5. In a cutter, the combination of a slotted base, a knife pivotallymounted on said base and adapted to reciprocate within the slot therein,a movable abutment adapted to slide over the surface of said base,guides for said abutment attached to two of the parallel sides of saidbase and extending beyond the side of said base and terminating inloops, a fork attached to one end of said abutment and engaging one ofsaid guides, a feed rack attached to the other end of said abutment andengaging the other guide, said feed rack being U-shaped in cross sectionand provided with two sets of teeth projecting in opposite directions,and a rotatable lever pivotally mounted on said base, said lever beingprovided with projections adapted to be engaged with either of said setsof teeth, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I a'liix my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

ELLIOTT VJ. JQNES.

l Vitn esses ARTHUR IIANNON,

IV. A. STEwAR'r.

